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Debit cards to overtake cash payments by 2021

25 May 16 @ 15:30

Industry experts predict that debit cards are on track to become king in 2021 when they will take over from cash to become the UK’s most frequently used payment method,... read more

Nets migrates to WAY4 to advance its banks card business

25 May 16 @ 09:40

Nets, the household name in Scandinavian payment processing, is on-boarding Nordic issuer portfolio’s in credit cards and sales finance onto WAY4, the e-payment processing framework developed by OpenWay. Card portfolios... read more

50% of US population uses mobile banking

23 May 16 @ 13:10

Half of the US adult population now uses mobile banking on smartphones and tablets, which is 29 million more than last year. This dramatic shift in consumers’ channel preferences puts pressure... read more

Why banks must rethink their attitudes to disruption

23 May 16 @ 12:33

The last decade has seen most of us decisively change both our online behaviour and our consumption of digital services. When, for example, did you last open a laptop to... read more

SWIFT outline path to Distributed Ledger Technology adoption

23 May 16 @ 11:32

SWIFT has announced the availability of a new paper investigating how Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) could be used in financial services. Published in collaboration with Accenture, the paper is based on... read more

Worldpay declares war on cash register

20 May 16 @ 13:39

Worldpay is threatening to make the manual cash register obsolete with a new payment device. The payment processor claims that its all-in-one tablet-based till will completely change how small business... read more

Breach trends drive PCI DSS update

20 May 16 @ 13:32

The PCI security standards council (PCI SSC) has published an update to its global data security standard. PCI DSS Version 3.2 replaces version 3.1 to address growing threats to customer... read more

W3C releases first draft of payment API

20 May 16 @ 13:13

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published draft specifications aimed at streamlining the online checkout process and making internet payments easier and more secure. W3C is an international consortium... read more

Amazon expands Dash Button ordering service

20 May 16 @ 13:09

One year since launch, Amazon has expanded its Dash Button automated IoT ordering service to more than 100 brands. These include various beverage, grocery, baby, pet and household supplies brands,... read more

Real-time payments: The need for speed

19 May 16 @ 11:24

Consumer-facing technology brands have done much to reset customer expectations around speed, but also convenience, value and choice. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe almost instantly. They... read more

The future of digital payments

19 May 16 @ 10:53

Advancements in digital technology continued to shape the payments industry in 2015 as mobile, online and other digital forms of digital payments moved into the mainstream. From mass transit to... read more

UK welcomes Android Pay

18 May 16 @ 14:13

Amid a PR feeding frenzy, you may have noticed that Android Pay launched in the UK. Millions more people will be able to pay through their smartphones in the latest... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more